An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Teut. dien-en, to avail, and intet, nothing.

DAYNTÉ, s. Regard.
Wyntown.

Dainty, s.
1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.
2. Worthy, excellent, S.
Burns.

Isl. daindi, excellenter bonum quid; dandis madr, homo virtuosus; rendered in Dan., en brav mand, S. a [braw man]; perfectly synon. with "a dainty man."

Daintith, s. A dainty, S.
Kelly.

DAISE, s. The part of a stone bruised in consequence of the strokes of the pickaxe or chizzel, Ang.

DAYIS. To hald dayis, to hold a truce.
Wyntown.

DAYS of LAW, LAWDAYIS, The time, when those are summoned to attend, who have interest in a court of justice.
Wallace.

Isl. lagdag, dies lege praefinitus.

DAIT, s. Destiny.
Wallace.